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“Tsukasa-kun, you seem to get scared easily.” Rui purred mischievously.
“Wha- that's not true!”
“Mmn, want to prove that?”
Tsukasa stayed silent. If he kept up his bluff, he might end up with centipedes all over him. Or robots chasing him, or- y'know what? Let's not keep up this bluff.
“Ah- not really.”
“Good. Then, come over to my house tonight, ok?”
“Oh! Alright! Uhm, ok!”
Rui had invited him over? That wasn't out of the blue, but in this situation, it made Tsukasa a little nervous. What about him being scared? What should he worry about?
But, it was Rui. And he really liked Rui. So, he'd go over.
—
“I'm very glad you could make it, Tsukasa-kun.”
“Yeah, of course!”
“I do believe I've come up with a way to get you more used to scary things, if you'd be so kind as to follow me.”
Alright, now Tsukasa was one hundred percent, completely nervous. Though, he'd do absolutely anything for his director. He'd follow him to the end of the earth and back. So, being a little afraid wouldn't be too bad. Not if it's Rui.
He followed the purple haired boy to the couch, where some blankets and pillows were set up. Rui sat down, and patted the seat next to him, gesturing to Tsukasa to sit down.
He did as Rui asked, but as he sat down, he ended up losing his balance a little bit.
He fell against his dear director. And immediately, Tsukasa started blushing like a lunatic. He was leaning against Rui, and it was warm. And so, so nice.
Rui let out a small laugh when he noticed that Tsukasa was not moving from his side.
“You comfortable?”
“Uh! Sorry!” Tsukasa regained his balance and sat normally. What he didn't notice was the slight disappointment on Rui’s face.
“Let's get started, shall we?”
He grabbed a remote, and the TV flickered on. Rui quickly turned on a horror movie, and suddenly, Tsukasa knew what was going on.
In preparation, he pulled a blanket over himself for any comfort.
—
While Tsukasa watched the movie, Rui watched Tsukasa. It was pretty amusing to see the fear in his eyes, or how he held on more aggressively to his blanket every time the music changed.
And then, finally, Rui got what he actually wanted out of this.
All it took was one jumpscare, and Tsukasa had his arms around the other boy, holding on for dear life.
Rui delicately moved his hand through the blond’s hair, to give him a bit more comfort.
Tsukasa relaxed at that, curling closer to Rui.
Now, the director had another thing to pay attention to during the movie.
The way that Tsukasa tensed up whenever he was scared was absolutely fascinating to him.
Another jumpscare in the movie, and the poor boy was clung on even tighter, burying his face into Rui’s neck.
“Shh, it's alright, my star.” Rui rubbed gentle circles into Tsukasa's back, while still running his fingers through his hair.
Since Tsukasa was no longer watching the movie with his eyes facing into Rui’s neck, he realized what was going on.
He was cuddling with the other boy. Rui was letting him do that. Hell, he was touching him and reassuring him.
And he really, really liked it.
“R-rui, could you please pause the movie?”
The boy in question obliged, laughing a little at the ticklish sensation of Tsukasa talking into his neck.
“You said this was to get me used to scary things, but you're not even trying to keep my eyes on the screen. So, why are you really doing this?”
Well, if he didn't say something now, when would he?
“I wanted you to cuddle me, Tsukasa-kun.”
“A-ah, is that so?”
“Yes. Because I love you very much.”
Tsukasa had no words. His director, the person he adored most in his life, loved him? In his eyes, he didn't deserve it.
“But, I love you too! And I just don't think that it should work out that well for me…”
“You deserve the world, my star.” Rui kissed the top of his head. “So please, let me love you.”
“Well, i-if you insist, then alright.” Finally, the director wrapped his arms around Tsukasa in return.
After a while, the two boys fell asleep.